The Women's Podcast

Ep 375 Gaff Goddess & Love Island

10 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Róisín Ingle was joined in studio by property manager and DIY Instagrammer Laura de Barra, who has just released her brand new book...

Ep 374 Marita Conlon McKenna & Anything You Can Do, I Can Do...Almost

06 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Bernice Harrison spoke to Irish author Marita Conlon McKenna about her new book, The Hungry Road. As with the author’s well known c...

Ep 373 The Long Goodbye: Caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s/Dementia

03 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Ciara Jordan and Áine Ryan joined Kathy Sheridan in studio to speak about their experience caring for parents with Alzheimer’s and...

Ep 372 Irish General Election Special: The Issues Affecting Women

30 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the run up to polling day on February 8th, we invited three inspiring women into The Women’s Podcast to examine the 2020 Irish General Election t...

Ep 371 Roz Purcell

27 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Róisín Ingle was joined by former model, food blogger & influencer Roz Purcell, who has just released her third cookbook ‘No Fuss ...

Ep 370 Single mother by choice Clodagh O’Hagan on finding a sperm donor

23 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Kathy Sheridan is joined by Clodagh O’Hagan, who is now over twenty weeks pregnant with her first child. In late 2018, Clodagh made...

EP 369 Are public toilets failing women?

20 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever wondered why there’s always a long queue in the women’s toilets, while men just seem to waltz in and out? Why do some public toilets...

Ep 368 Female friendship: The good, the bad and the lonely

16 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we’re exploring the complex world of female friendships: why do some friends come and go? How to go from acquaintance to best pal? ...

Ep 367 Dr Niamh Shaw – Astronaut-in-waiting

13 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Róisín Ingle is joined by Dr. Niamh Shaw who’s on a mission to make it into outer space. As a young girl, Niamh dreamed of becomi...

Ep 366 Jane Goodall – The wondrous chimp-filled life of a legend

09 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode Róisín Ingle spoke to Jane Goodall, the woman who devoted her life to the study of chimpanzees. In this fascinating conversatio...

Ep 365 Women’s Epiphanies on Nollaig na mBan

06 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It’s Women’s Christmas or as it’s known in Ireland Nollaig na mBan and it’s also the Feast of the Epiphany. To mark the occasion The Irish Tim...

Ep 364 What’s in Store for Women in 2020?

02 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

2020 is finally here, but what has the year in store for women around the world? In today’s episode Kathy Sheridan is joined in studio by Syrian bo...

Ep 363 The Women’s Podcast Review of 2019

30 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

2019: It was the year of fanny flutters, Brexit & Borris. The year that Finland elected the youngest ever female prime minister, America won The Women...

Ep 362 Tererai Trent / The Grass Ceiling

26 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Tererai Trent, an academic from Zimbabwe, was in Dublin recently for the Simmons Leadership Conference. As a young girl born into poverty, Tererai was...

Ep 361 How to Have a Calm Christmas

23 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, Psychotherapist and mindfulness teacher Padraig O’Morain is on hand to help bring a little calmness into our lives this festiv...

Ep 360 The Murder of Mr Moonlight – Catherine Fegan

19 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, Kathy Sheridan is joined in studio by award winning journalist Catherine Fegan, who has just released the book, ‘The Murder of...

Ep359 The Ultimate Guide to Last Minute Christmas Shopping

16 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, Róisín Ingle is joined in studio by beauty writer Laura Kennedy and fashion stylist Corina Gaffey to help you out with some br...

Ep 358 Joanne McNally

12 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, Róisín Ingle is joined by comedian and all-round legend Joanne McNally. In this hilarious conversation, Joanne speaks about livin...

Ep 357 Book Club: The Dutch House / Irish Composer Emer Kinsella

09 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ep 357 Book Club: The Dutch House / Irish Composer Emer KinsellaThe Book Club is back and this time Róisín Ingle, Bernice Harrison, Ann Ingle and Ni...

Ep 356: Elizabeth Strout On Bringing Olive Kitteridge Back to Life.

05 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode we’re joined by the Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, Elizabeth Strout, who has just released her new book, ‘Olive Again’. I...

Ep 355: Megan Phelps Roper / The Gender Pay Gap

02 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Megan Phelps Roper was born into the Westboro Baptist Church, a small Kansas based ministry which garnered world-wide condemnation for their anti-gay ...

Ep 354: Michel Roux Jr. and Margot Janse

28 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

As we wrap up Food Month here in The Irish Times, we’re joined in studio by award winning chefs Michel Roux Jr. and Margot Janse. The pair travelled...

Ep: 353 Women Defenders in the Gaza Strip

25 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, we examine what life is like for women living in the Gaza Strip, in southern Palestine. Róisín Ingle spoke to Mona Al Shawa an...

Ep 352: It’s a Yes! Together For Yes on how the 8th was repealed

21 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, Tanya Sweeney tells Roisín Ingle why the opening of an Oliver Bonas store in Dublin is bad news for our wallets. (She spent to...

Ep 351 Marian Keyes LIVE

18 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Last week The Women’s Podcast left behind the usual surrounds of the studio for a live recording in House on Leeson Street, with thanks to our spons...

Ep 350 Margaret Heffernan / Ana Kriégel

14 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Róisin speaks to entrepreneur, author and ground breaking business leader, Margaret Heffernan. As the former CEO of five businesses,...

Ep 349 Samantha Power

11 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we are joined by former US ambassador to the UN Samantha Power. The Dublin born academic and author talked to Kathy Sheridan about how...

Ep 348 What Gay Byrne did for Irish women

07 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Today we’ve dedicated the podcast to Gay Byrne - the legendary broadcaster who died on Monday 4th November - and specifically to his impact on wom...

EP 347 Margaret Atwood

04 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Margaret Atwood is a literary legend and you can imagine how excited we were to have her on The Women’s Podcast for the third time. As author of The...

Ep 346: Abortion, Northern Ireland, Amanda Palmer & more

31 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In what was a momentous week for Northern Ireland, The Women’s Podcast travelled to Belfast for our first podcast recording in that beautiful city.I...

Ep 345 Mná na hÉireann Women of Ireland fund, Breast Cancer Awareness Month

28 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Kathy Sheridan talks to women and organisations who have benefited from the Mná na hÉireann Women of Ireland fund which was set up ...

Ep 344 Interview: Andrea Corr

24 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Barefoot Pilgrimage is a new book by Andrea Corr, the musician, songwriter and actress who was the lead singer of pop group The Corrs with her three s...

Ep 343 True Blood Part 2: Emma Barnett on ‘Period. It’s About Bloody Time’

21 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The BBC broadcaster Emma Barnett was the first person in the UK to announce she was menstruating on live TV news. Now she has written a call-to-arms m...

Ep 342 True Blood Part 1: We Need to Talk about Periods

17 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In the first of a two-part series, we explore why we find periods so hard to talk about and what can be done to help break the stigma that still exist...

Ep 341 Give Birth Like a Feminist, Susan Jane White's Clever Batch

14 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In today's podcast, journalist and founder of the Positive Birth Movement, Milli Hill, talks to Jennifer Ryan about her book Give Birth Like a Feminis...

Ep 340 WAGatha Christie, Postnatal Depression, Consent & Young Men

10 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In today's podcast, Kathy and Róisín revel in the joys of WAGatha Christie; Tanya Sweeney speaks candidly about postnatal depression; and Irish Time...

Ep 339 Flo Perry on How to Have Feminist Sex

07 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Flo Perry is a writer and illustrator, who has managed to make a career out of her passion for drawing breasts and penchant for quizzing people on the...

Ep 338 OMGWACA LIVE: "Getting a trolley in Marks and Spencer is the ultimate notions!"

03 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Last night The Irish Times, in association with Green & Black’s Chocolate, brought Oh My God What A Complete Aisling authors Sarah Breen & Emer McLy...

Ep 337 Wallis Bird on music, social change & choosing to be the 'cool aunty'

26 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s podcast, Róisín talks to singer-songwriter Wallis Bird about her sixth album 'Woman', which is released this week. Wallis talks to Rói...

Ep 336 Republic of Shame – Caelainn Hogan on chronicling Ireland’s mother-and-baby homes

23 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In her new book ‘Republic of Shame’, journalist Caelainn Hogan examines Ireland’s mother-and-baby homes and the collusion of the Catholic Church...

Ep 335 “We need to ask more questions” – Vicky Phelan on the power of speaking out

19 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In 2018, Limerick woman Vicky Phelan became a household name as Irish women's voice for justice, when she chose to speak out and lift the lid on what ...

Ep 334 Medicinal Cannabis Campaigner Vera Twomey

16 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, Cork woman Vera Twomey talks to Kathy about her memoir, For Ava. Ava is Vera's daughter and she suffers from Dravet Syndrome, a ...

Ep 333 Women & FF / Sophie White’s Filter This / Inaccessible Dublin

13 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In today's podcast, journalist, author and podcaster Sophie White talks to Róisín Ingle about her debut novel, Filter This, in which she peels back ...

Ep 332 What Is 'Nunchi' & Why Do We Need It?

09 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Nunchi is a guiding principle of Korean life, considered essential for survival, happiness and success. Roughly translating as self-awareness, Nunchi ...

Ep 331 "I fear no man": DA Rachael Rollins / Belfast Rally For Choice / Jess Phillips

05 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s podcast: Kathy speaks to the District Attorney of Suffolk County in Massachusetts, Rachael Rollins, who is the first woman to hold that p...

Ep 330 The Misogyny of Ross O'Carroll-Kelly - with Paul Howard

02 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly books have sold over a million copies and creator, Paul Howard, is both adored by fans and revered by critics as the greatest s...

Ep 328 Trinity College’s All-Female Students’ Union Team

22 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Just over a century ago, Trinity College Dublin admitted its first female student. This year, the 400-year-old university reached another milestone: i...

Ep 327 "If you're not a size zero, you don't belong" / Celebrating Arts & Human Rights

15 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, Rachel Flaherty chats to Irish journalist Jenny McQuaile about her powerful documentary Straight/Curve - starring Tess Holliday & I...

Ep 326 All the Bad Apples / Emma Jane Unsworth on Animals

08 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s podcast – Bernice Harrison talks to the half-Irish half-French author Moira Fowley-Doyle about her third novel for young adults, All Th...

Ep 325 Fake Heiress Anna 'Delvey' / Love Sensation / The Brilliance of Love Island's Maura

01 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Kathy Sheridan talks drag queens, the Irish lesbian scene and the biggest LGBTQ+ party to bring the summer to a close, Love Sensation, with Cormac Cas...

Ep 324 Why Catcalling Is A Problem

25 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Is catcalling really a problem? Some people might consider it complimentary, but for many women and girls it’s anything but. Often catcalling and ot...

Ep 323 Book Club: How to Fail / The Swimming Firefighter / 'The Squad'

18 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Irish Times journalists Polly Dennison and Roisin Ingle talk to host Kathy Sheridan about Donald Trump’s racism and the four congres...

Ep 322 The North Is Now? / Domestic Abuse App

11 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In a momentous week for Northern Ireland with MPs in Westminster voting to extend abortion and same sex marriage rights to the North, we talk to Danie...

Ep 321 Sofie Hagen on Happy Fat / Gruesome murders & 'Cruel Acts' with Jane Casey

04 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This episode features two authors one Danish and one Irish: Sofie Hagen is a London-based Danish comedian and fat acceptance campaigner. She has been ...

Ep 320 Ruth-Anne Cunningham / Pride Weekend

27 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dublin songwriter Ruth-Anne Cunningham chats to Róisín about her incredible career which took with a bang when she won the ASCAP Songwriters ‘Best...

Ep 319 Female Violence, Writing Thrillers & Trump - with Karin Slaughter

24 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On today's show Róisín talks to number one bestselling author Karin Slaughter. Karin, who has sold over 35 million copies of her books, was in Irela...

Ep 318 The Ana Kriégel Trial / Majella Moynihan

20 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week, two 14-year-old boys were convicted of the murder of schoolgirl Ana Kriégel on May 14th 2018. Irish Times Crime Correspondent Conor Gallag...

Ep 317 Emma Dabiri on Why Black Hair is Never 'Just Hair'

17 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s show, Roisin Ingle speaks to the Irish-Nigerian journalist, author and academic Emma Dabiri about her book Don’t Touch My Hair. The boo...

Ep 316 Domestic Violence & Terrorism, Women in Politics

13 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In her latest book, Home Grown: How Domestic Violence Turns Men Into Terrorists, Joan Smith writes that the violence perpetrated by men against women ...

Ep 315 "It was hard suppressing the reporter in me" - Rosita Boland, Elsewhere

10 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Award-winning Irish Times reporter Rosita Boland has been enthralled by travel ever since gazing out at the Atlantic Ocean near her childhood home. In...

Ep 314 Women's World Cup, Sexist Ads, New Voices in Politics

06 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

France will host the Fifa Women's World Cup for the first time when the tournament kicks off tomorrow – Friday 7th June. Ireland and Arsenal footbal...

Ep 313 "Rage has been the most powerful medication" - Adélaïde Bon

03 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

As a nine-year-old girl, French author Adélaïde Bon was raped by a stranger in the stairwell of the affluent Parisian block of flats where she lived...

Ep 312 Rewilding on the Solstice & Domestic Duties Debate

30 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What is rewilding? Well, it’s an adventure that exists somewhere between a holistic retreat in the wilderness and an uncivilised summer school, desi...

Ep 311 Inequality & Why Women Pay the Price: Winnie Byanyima, Oxfam

27 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Executive Director of Oxfam International Winnie Byanyima talks to the Women's Podcast about her early life growing up in Uganda during the regime of ...

Ep 310 REPEAL: One Year On

23 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This time last year we were gearing up for May 25th, the date of the referendum to repeal the 8th Amendment. It was a momentous time, so today the Wom...

Ep 309 Street Performers The Silver Starlets / Interior Design

20 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On today's show, Kathy talks to acrobats Molly Keczan and Glory Dearling - AKA The Silver Starlets – about how they got into their line of work, wha...

Ep 308 Women4Election / First Time Women Candidates Part 2

16 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

566 out of a total of 1,960 candidates running in next week’s local elections are women. That’s 29 per cent and marks an increase of more 100 on t...

Ep 307 'We're in a golden age of Irish writing' - Lucy Caldwell

13 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Following her own brilliant short story collection Multitudes, Lucy Caldwell has guest edited the sixth volume of Faber's long running series of new I...

Ep 306 'Women on Home Duties' / First Time Women Candidates Part 1

09 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

First: A new report has found that thousands of women who are currently "on home duties" represent a major source of untapped potential in terms of ad...

Ep 305 Bollywood Superstar Yami Gautam

06 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On today's show, Róisín talks to Bollywood superstar Yami Gautam. The Indian actor’s latest film – the 2019 blockbuster Uri: The Surgical Strike...

Ep 304 Book Club: The Wych Elm, by Tana French

02 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In the last decade, the Irish author Tana French has become known for her brilliant crime thrillers narrated by various police in Dublin’s fictional...

Ep 303 "We're in it to win it" - Celtic Challenge All Woman's Long Boat Crew

29 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This weekend (3rd-6th of May) the All Woman’s long boat team from St Michael’s rowing club in Dun Laoghaire will be one of two teams from the club...

Ep 302 Jan Carson: Magic Realism, Women's Voices & Politics in the North

25 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jan Carson is a writer and community arts officer based in Belfast. Her first novel, Malcolm Orange Disappears, was published in 2014 followed by a sh...

Ep 301 'Top 100 Irish American', Mary Pat Kelly

22 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Mary Pat Kelly, named one of the Top 100 Irish Americans, is an author and a documentary filmmaker. She has also worked in TV on the show Good Morning...

Ep 300 Young and Trans in Rural Ireland / Beyoncé's Homecoming

18 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Young And Trans In Rural Ireland is a new resource that has just been launched by Youth Work Ireland to be used by those who work with young people an...

Ep 299 Rosita Boland on The Hair Collectors of Bangalore

15 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Award-winning Irish Times reporter Rosita Boland traveled to India recently with her colleague, this paper's photo editor Brenda Fitzsimons, to invest...

Ep 298 Inglot Cosmetics Queens: Geraldine and Jane Swarbrigg

11 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In 2009, at the height of the recession, Geraldine Swarbrigg and her daughter Jane decided to start a new business. Together they brought the cosmetic...

Ep 297 "Singing is a sport" - Soprano, Mairead Buicke

08 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Mairead Buicke reckons she has been lucky in her career as a singer, from stepping in at the last minute for her first every professional performance ...

Ep 296 Éanna Ní Lamhna, Leggings Debate, Sex: 'a fundamental human right'?

04 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, Róisín speaks to Éanna Ni Lamhna, renowned environmentalist, broadcaster and author – who many of you will recognise as a long...

Ep 295 The Barefoot Bookseller / The Seven-Day Soul

01 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Aimée Johnston has swapped Ireland for the white sands and sunshine of the Maldives, after beating thousands of applicants to become the Barefoot Boo...

Ep 294 Máirín de Búrca: Activist, Volunteer, Loner

28 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Máirín de Búrca has been a tireless social justice activist for women's rights, housing, prisoner rights, anti-apartheid, and many other issues thr...

Ep 293 Burnout: "The patriarchy really wants women to be exhausted"

25 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The gap between what it's really like to be a woman and what people expect women to be is the primary cause of burnout. Why? Because we exhaust oursel...

Ep 292 Disabled Women Ireland / Caroline Criado Perez

21 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On today's show Kathy meets Maria Ní Fhlartharta and Róisín Ní Hacéid – two disabled women under the age of 30 and members of Disabled Women Ir...

Ep 291 "Actors are very frugal. I can live on very little"

18 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show Kathy talks to theatre legends Ger Ryan and Marie Mullen about their play at the Gate Theatre, The Children, directed by Oonagh Murp...

Ep 290 Supermodel Yasmin Le Bon on #MeToo, Menopause & Beauty Icons

14 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show Róisín meets one of fashion’s original supermodels Yasmin Le Bon to talk about beauty icons, menopause, ageing and her 30+ year ...

Ep 289 'Changing the Game' on International Women's Day

11 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On International Women's Day, we joined the 15th annual #IWD Accenture Ireland breakfast at the Convention Centre in Dublin. In front of a crowd of 1,...

Ep 288 It's Vulva, Not Vagina

07 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Lynn Enright is on a mission to empower women with vital knowledge about their own bodies. Chances are, if you've got one, you've been incorrectly ref...

Ep 287 Fascinating Aida / The Mary Mulvihill Science Award

04 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Liza Pulman of the satirical songwriters Fascinating Aida talks to Kathy in advance of her concert Liza Pulman Sings Streisand in the National Concert...

Ep 286 Maria Walsh goes for Europe / Grace Tallon's International Women’s Day

28 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In 2014 Maria Walsh became the first openly gay woman to win the Rose of Tralee. That was one year before Ireland voted for same-sex marriage and sinc...

Ep 285 Crafting a Way to Mindfulness

25 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Journalist and author Anna Carey talks to Kathy about the joy of needlework and explains why she felt a greater sense of achievement when she finished...

Ep 284 "Legislation is only as good as its enforceability"

21 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

New domestic violence measures announced last year came into force at the start of 2019 under the Domestic Violence Act 2018, with the aim of improvin...

Ep 283 Louise White, This is the Funeral of Your Life

18 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Róisín talks to theatre maker Louise White about her show, This is the Funeral of Your Life – a production she made in response to the death of he...

Ep 282 Ballet Moves / Canada's Longest-Sitting Female MP

14 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Anne Maher, director and co-founder of The National Ballet of Ireland – Ballet Ireland, talks to Kathy about her career as a professional dancer, ba...

Ep 281 St Brigid: Challenge and Change in Women's Lives

11 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

St Brigid is having a 'moment'. For too long the iconic patron saint of Ireland has been overshadowed by St Patrick, but now Lá Fhéile Bríde has be...

Ep 280 'Secret Doctor' Aoife Abbey's Seven Signs of Life

07 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Intensive Care doctor Aoife Abbey went to work on Christmas Day and four of her patients died. That's normal. It's just part of the job. Every day at ...

Ep 279 Ellie Kisyombe & Carol Deans: First Time Election Candidates

04 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ellie Kisyombe and Carol Deans will contest the local elections in May for the Social Democrats in Dublin’s North Inner City ward. They speak to Kat...

Ep 278 "That young woman should be with her baby, not in her grave"

31 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On Christmas day 2018, 24-year-old mother of three Karen McEvoy died as a result of sepsis at Naas General Hospital, one week after giving birth to he...

Ep 277 "It's a unique grief": Doireann Coady on making art about her brother's suicide

24 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Theatre maker Doireann Coady talks to Kathy about her show, I’m Not Here, running at the Project Arts Centre in Dublin next weekend. The piece is a ...

Ep 276 Mona Eltahawy on Rahaf Mohammed & Octogenarian Artist's 1st Exhibit

17 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Saudi woman Rahaf Mohammed captured the world’s attention recently when she barricaded herself in a Thai hotel room after fleeing abuse in her own c...

Ep 275 Ireland's Midwives: "Stretched to beyond the point of breaking"

14 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Jo Murphy-Lawless, a sociologist at the school of nursing and midwifery at Trinity College Dublin, speaks to Róisín about what's wrong with Irela...